Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Fisherman and his Nets

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 75

THE FISHERMAN AND HIS NETS.

A Fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast, and captured a great haul of fish. He managed by a skilful handling of his net to retain all the large fish, and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.